אִגְּרָא
ig.g.ra
“letter”
Definition
an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)
(Aramaic) of Persian origin;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
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Occurrences
אִגְּרָא appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.)To King Artaxerxes,From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.
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